His Early Life & Birth
The Scholar & Translator
Life in the Desert & Bethlehem
Art, Icons & The Lion
Legacy & Patronage
100
His birth name was Eusebius Sophronius.
Who is Hieronymus / Jerome of Stridon?
100
St. Jerome is most famous for translating the Bible into the official language of the Western Church.
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Latin
What is Latin?
100
Seeking a life of intense penance, St. Jerome retreated to the arid region of Syria to live as a hermit.
Chalcis Desert
Sahara desert
Mojave Desert
Taklamakan Desert
What is the Chalcis Desert?
100
In traditional Christian art, St. Jerome is almost always accompanied by this majestic wild animal.
What is a lion?
100
Saint Jerome is recognized by the Catholic Church as one of these elite group of influential theological writers and teachers.
What is a Doctor of the Church?)
200
Jerome was born around 342–347 AD in this Roman province near the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. This is modern-day.
Croatia
Serbia
Austria
Italy
What is Croatia?
200
This famous Latin translation of the Bible, completed by St. Jerome, became the standard text for centuries.
What is the Vulgate?
200
After leaving the desert, St. Jerome eventually settled in a secluded grotto near Jesus' birthplace and lived there for decades.
What is Bethlehem?
200
According to popular legend, St. Jerome earned the eternal loyalty of the lion by pulling this painful object from its paw.
What is a thorn?
200
St. Jerome is honored as the official patron saint of this specific group of literary professionals and public speakers.
Who are librarians / translators / archivists / students?
300
As a young man, Jerome traveled to this major European capital to pursue his advanced studies in rhetoric and grammar.
London
Naples
Paris
Rome
Zurich
What is Rome?
300
In what specific year did Saint Jerome finish his monumental translation of the entire Bible?
390 AD
395 AD
400 AD
405 AD
What is 405 AD?
300
While living in Bethlehem, St. Jerome established one of these monastic foundations for men, alongside housing for pilgrims.
What is a monastery?
300
In paintings, St. Jerome is frequently depicted holding this writing tool, symbolizing his work as a translator and scholar.
What is a pen / quill / inkwell?)
300
Formulated the enduring theological conviction that "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of _____,"
Formulated the enduring theological conviction that "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ," encouraging active engagement with the Word of God
400
During his student days in Rome, St. Jerome regularly visited the catacombs to pray over the tombs of these early Christian witnesses.
What are the martyrs?
400
To ensure accuracy in his Old Testament translation, St. Jerome learned this difficult Semitic language.
Arabic
Egyptian
Hebrew
Chinese
Mayan
What is Hebrew?
400
This wealthy Roman noblewoman and follower funded St. Jerome’s monasteries and joined him in Bethlehem to live a monastic life.
St. Paula of Rome
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Katharine Drexel
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Who is Saint Paula?
400
Renaissance artists like Caravaggio and Dürer often painted St. Jerome working inside one of these private rooms filled with books.
What is a study?
400
Jerome died in Bethlehem in the year 420 AD on this exact day of the month.
What is the 30th of September?
500
St. Jerome received this sacrament that cleanses the soul from original sin around the year 366 AD in Rome.
What is baptism?
500
St. Jerome famously engaged in a passionate correspondence and bitter debate with this African bishop regarding the original texts of scripture.
Who is Saint Augustine?
His father was a Roman colonist, and his mother, Monica, was an indigenous Berber.
500
St. Jerome learned this third ancient language, alongside Latin and Hebrew, to master the Septuagint and eastern commentaries.
What is Greek?
500
This medical instrument or tool sometimes appears in art near St. Jerome's lion to remind viewers of the extraction story.
What is a medical probe/forceps?
500
Before his time in Bethlehem, St. Jerome served as personal secretary and advisor to this 4th-century Pope who commissioned the Latin Bible.
Who is Pope Damasus I?